Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Support Engineer
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Support Engineer daily rate in West Yorkshire is £210, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 64 76
Rank change year-on-year +3 +12 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 15 6 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 2.00% 0.71% 1.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.07% 0.77% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 4 13
10th Percentile £154 £144 £192
25th Percentile £163 £166 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £193 £260
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -25.96% +18.18%
75th Percentile £235 £231 £290
90th Percentile - £288 £390
Yorkshire median daily rate £220 £200 £225
% change year-on-year +10.00% -11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £13.13
25th Percentile - - £14.81
Median hourly rate £200.00 £25.00 £16.75
Median % change year-on-year +700.00% +49.25% -21.18%
75th Percentile - - £18.38
90th Percentile - - £19.95
Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.35 £22.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -16.58% +12.82% -11.36%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 724 780 1,347
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.40% 92.42% 97.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 469 493 894
10th Percentile £297 £342 £319
25th Percentile £400 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £573 £575 £625
90th Percentile £650 £650 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 35 19
10th Percentile - £16.70 £12.00
25th Percentile £22.14 £19.50 £14.25
Median hourly rate £77.50 £25.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +210.00% +31.58% -5.00%
75th Percentile £81.25 £40.63 £21.78
90th Percentile - £48.75 £24.36
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £21.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year +5.43% +2.44% +7.89%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Job postings that featured Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in West Yorkshire

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Support Engineer job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 10 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leeds 0 8 £235 +27.03% 5
Halifax -3 4 £200 -
Huddersfield - 2 £165 - 1
Wakefield - 1 £220 - 1
Support Engineer
Yorkshire

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 10 September 2025, Support Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Yorkshire region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 10 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 10 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 10 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 9 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (53.33%) Customer Service
3 8 (53.33%) Windows
4 7 (46.67%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (46.67%) ITIL
4 7 (46.67%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (40.00%) Citrix
5 6 (40.00%) VPN
5 6 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (40.00%) Degree
5 6 (40.00%) Service Delivery
5 6 (40.00%) ITSM
5 6 (40.00%) Case Management
5 6 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
5 6 (40.00%) ServiceNow
5 6 (40.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (26.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (20.00%) Entra ID
7 3 (20.00%) Windows 10
8 2 (13.33%) DNS
8 2 (13.33%) LAN
8 2 (13.33%) WAN
8 2 (13.33%) DHCP
8 2 (13.33%) Wireless
8 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (13.33%) VLAN

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (20.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (40.00%) VPN
2 2 (13.33%) DHCP
2 2 (13.33%) DNS
2 2 (13.33%) LAN
2 2 (13.33%) VLAN
2 2 (13.33%) WAN
2 2 (13.33%) Wireless
General
1 10 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) iPhone
1 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (53.33%) Windows
2 3 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (13.33%) Windows Server
3 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (6.67%) Android
4 1 (6.67%) Apple iOS
4 1 (6.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Customer Service
2 7 (46.67%) ITIL
3 6 (40.00%) Case Management
3 6 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
3 6 (40.00%) ITSM
3 6 (40.00%) Service Delivery
4 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (6.67%) Service Management
5 1 (6.67%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Degree
1 6 (40.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (40.00%) Citrix
2 6 (40.00%) ServiceNow